# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220031540076` · 05/22/2003 · Hanson Aggregates West Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 22
- **Mine experience:** 2.11 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Hanson PLC
- **Operator:** Hanson Aggregates West Inc
- **Mine:** [0403002](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0403002)
## Narrative

EE WAS CHANGING OUT AN OLD SCREEN CLOTH AND WAS MOVING THE TENSION BAR FROM THE OLD SCREEN. EE WAS GETTING HELP FROM ANOTHER EE. THE FIRST EE WAS PULLING ON THE TENSION BAR TO THE RIGHT WHILE THE 2ND EE HIT THE BAR WITH A LUMP HAMMER DISLODGING IT FROM THE SCREEN FRAME, PINCHING 1ST EE'S LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE FRAME.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*